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08-20-2006, 05:54 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Kisses are the Best! Donating Member | Are you a Backyard Breeder ? I saw this on the net today and it really asks some probing questions ...this isn't directed to ANYONE here - just another article to think about BEFORE YOU BREED YOUR DOG COPIED from this site - http://www.taylormadepetcare.com/health.html Up to 10 million healthy animals are killed in U.S. pounds and shelters every year. The killing could easily be prevented by spaying and neutering. Euthanasia is the single largest cause of death for dogs in the U.S. Each year 27 million of the animals are born. Five to ten million we classify as "surplus" and kill. That's about one million per month. These numbers do not include the millions of dead dogs whose bodies we scrape off the streets, or the hundreds of thousands of abandoned, severely neglected or abused ones who never make it to our shelters to be counted and killed. The five to ten million figure represents those we "must" kill because they are unwanted. Most of these animals are young and healthy; in fact, it is estimated that a majority are less than one year of age. The problem is simple: we have too many dogs. Too many for the too few homes available. The solution we have opted for is to kill the extras. This solution has been considered acceptable by default, as though there were no other way to control the crisis. And we spend over $1 billion every year destroying "man's best friend." Why is this happening in the United States today? This is a name that has become unpopular and no one wants to admit they are a backyard breeder. Many people do not even realize they are part of the problem. This is what I need to address in this post. The only way to stop the needless killing of dogs is to stop the needless breeding of them. Every breed of dog recognized by the AKC has a written standard, a blueprint of what the dog should look like and act like. These standards were written so that all would know what a quality example of the breed is and strive to produce dogs that meet or exceed the standard in health, temperament and appearance. To be sure you are breeding dogs that meet these standards, your dogs must be judged by people who have a lifetime of experience among the breed. Do you know the standard of the Pure Breed Dog? Does your dog meet this standard according to an AKC Judge? If not, your dog is pet quality. A pet is to be loved, cherished, trained, cared for, spoiled and bragged about, but it is NEVER to be bred. No matter how cute or sweet the dog may be, if it is not up to the standard, you have no business breeding it. If you have a purebred dog this does not give you the right to breed it. Most purebred dogs are not breeding quality. If you breed your pet quality dog, you are a backyard breeder, whether you breed the dog in your backyard, garage, living room or an expensive hotel room, the term is still backyard breeder. If your pet quality dog has AKC papers, that's nice but it doesn't change anything. You still don't have the right to breed it. If your pet quality dog cost you $500 be glad you had the money to afford it. You still have no right to breed it. Do you think you can make your $500 back if you breed your pet dog or if your pet dog is a color or size that isn't in the standard but you just know everyone will want buy a pup if you breed her? Shame on you! Now you are a backyard breeder with the purpose of breeding pups for bucks. If the price for a tail dock or an ear crop seem high to you, what are you going to do when your beloved pet needs an emergency C section. Will you even be there with her to know if she is in trouble? Would you recognize trouble before it's too late? And if you still want to breed your pet dog but need to ask who's supposed to cut off the tails and ears, ask yourself "What the Hell am I thinking!" Do you think genetic testing is something they used in the OJ trial but has nothing to do with your dog breeding career? You are a backyard breeder. Backyard breeders sell pups that aren't up to the standard of the breed. They do this for many reasons. None are good enough reasons to contribute to the killing of dogs. Period. Backyard breeders will swear all of their pups went to a good home. They believe this but it's not true. Some may have been lucky enough to go to a good home but more than half of them will end up dead, in a shelter, alone, on a cold table with a needle sticking out of their leg. Some of those good homes will get tired of the dog and they will just give it away to anyone who is willing to take it. Some of your beloved dog's children will end up living alone in a backyard, barking all night, cold and neglected until the owner gets complaints and then that pups will be dead. Some will be starved and beaten. Some will be bred until they die from it. Some will end up in rescue and I will have to find space for it in my home and I will have to show it that not all humans are bad. I will train it, and feed it the proper food so it can heal. I will take the fleas off of it and I will get rid of the worms. I will give it the shots it should have had but no one remembered to give it. I will do these things because the backyard breeder didn't do it and wouldn't take the dog back when it was 2 years old and full of problems. I will spay or neuter that pup before I find it a new home so that I will never have to rescue one of it's pups and so I can be sure it will never end up in the hands of another backyard breeder looking to make profit from puppies. Backyard breeders are not responsible pet owners. They think they love the dogs but it's not really true because they don't really want to be bothered with doing all that it takes to breed ethically. They love feeling important when they say "I breed "Pure Breed dogs"". But breeding pet dogs isn't something to be proud of. If a shame on our society. It's the reason for the killing that goes on in shelters. Why do you want to be part of that? Do you want to be respected? Spay or neuter you pet dog. There's really no other way. The kind of homes you want for your pet pups don't want to buy from you. They are looking for responsible, respected breeders who are doing something for the breed as a whole. Most of those who will come running to buy your pups are the kind of people I wouldn't give a dog I didn't like to. They are the ones who will turn your puppy into a shelter when the novelty wears off. That's a fact. Want to stop the problem of killing 1 Million dogs a month all over America? Spay or neuter your pet dog now and tell everyone you know to do the same and leave the breeding to the people who are doing something to better the breed. Want to be a respected breeder? Start by reading this: http://www.minschnauzer.com/breeding/index.html Then find someone who lives up to all of it and ask them to be your mentor. Do your research. Know what you are doing. Have a savings account ready for all the problems you will encounter. Buy the best dogs you can find for your breeding program. Do everything your mentor tells you, he/she has the experience and is not just trying to push you around. Be sure that everything you do as a breeder meets the standards we have set for responsible breeders. Or don't breed! Let's make a difference starting now. Sunny Arruda VP, South Bay Purebred Rescue (reprinted with the authors permission)
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08-20-2006, 06:47 AM | #2 |
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08-20-2006, 06:50 AM | #3 |
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| BRAVO! Thank you for posting this! It is so hard to get through some people's heads that just because your dogs have the right "parts" and are of the same breed, it doesn't MEAN they should be bred! Wonderful article.
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08-20-2006, 06:55 AM | #4 | |
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08-20-2006, 07:01 AM | #5 |
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08-20-2006, 08:35 AM | #6 |
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| This is an excellent article. Thanks for posting. |
08-20-2006, 12:35 PM | #7 |
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| i like this post... i think alot of ppl breed with good intentions and dont realize they are potentially adding to a problem and/or dont realize how much it really takes to be a responsible breeder i will be the 1st one to admit i definately dont and thats why snickers wont be bred great article thanks for sharing |
08-20-2006, 01:05 PM | #8 |
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| can we pretty please make this a sticky? saves the trouble of dredging up the 'should I breed my dog' thread... thanks V.
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08-20-2006, 01:14 PM | #9 |
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| What a great post! I know that I was always being approached by people asking me if I was going to breed Phoebe. My answer was always the same no! 1. She is way to small to breed. 2. I do not want that type of responsibility.This is not meant to hurt anyones feelings but in my opinion what good breeders take on is huge. I honestly don't think people do their research they want the puppy because it is cute. No idea what the breed may be about. Kinda like Easter, people run out and buy a bunny, and where do those poor bunnies end up? No in a very good place. But that is just my personal opinion.
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08-20-2006, 04:47 PM | #10 |
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| I hope this gets the proper attention it deserves. |
08-20-2006, 05:42 PM | #11 |
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08-20-2006, 05:48 PM | #12 |
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| That was really really good! I can tell you first hand now, that you have to be in love with these dogs to even have a "inkling" of sense as to how much time and $$$ it takes to even do this 1 time!!! All the reseach it took before, during and after breeding, and did I mention the $$$$ for all the Vet appts, the supplies used, the suppies you might need to use, testing, buying your dogs that you might plan to breed, rearranging your whole life to be available before, during and now after the whelp. But you know what....I have the fever... I would do it again in a heartbeat!!! Another thing to think about...If you have a spouse or S/O, you better have a patient one, because with your nose in books and on the internet studying and the time spent with your babies, it doesn't leave much time for anything else. Maybe I'm obsessed with this, but I feel like you need to be, JMHO. Changed my passion from birthing skin babies to birthing furbabies.
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08-20-2006, 06:14 PM | #13 |
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| Very good article but I think it should reach past the 'pure breed' backyard breeders and touch the new 'designer dog' breeders too...but, I won't even go there! |
08-20-2006, 07:11 PM | #14 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member | Thanks again Villette for another great post. I know we all have friends here and like to have fun but it is good to be educated too. I hope someone reading this will change their mind and not become or continue to be a backyard breeder.
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08-20-2006, 07:17 PM | #15 |
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| great post red
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